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SECURITY REPORT

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Thursday, September 6, 2007

* Four plead guilty to e-mail, securities fraud
* China denies its military hacked Pentagon network
* Bind 8 DNS server retired by serious security flaw
* DHS head: Cybersecurity remains a concern
* Nokia, Intel beef up new network security appliance
* Forrester security show stresses risk management
* Malicious Web: Not just porn sites
* Hacks hit embassy, government e-mail accounts worldwide

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FOUR PLEAD GUILTY TO E-MAIL, SECURITIES FRAUD

Three U.S. men and one man living in France have pleaded guilty to
charges related to a stock manipulation scheme that included sending out
tens of millions of spam messages to pump up the stock value of 15
companies, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

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CHINA DENIES ITS MILITARY HACKED PENTAGON NETWORK

China Tuesday denied allegations that its military hacked a Pentagon
network in June -- the second time in as many weeks that the
country has responded to charges of sponsoring computer attacks.

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BIND 8 DNS SERVER RETIRED BY SERIOUS SECURITY FLAW

A security researcher has found a serious vulnerability in an aging yet
widely used software program used for the Internet's addressing
system, prompting the software's maintainers to retire the affected
version.

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DHS HEAD: CYBERSECURITY REMAINS A CONCERN

Fixing cybersecurity problems in the U.S. is a top priority at the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, said the agency's leader, but
lawmakers didn't focus on the issue during a hearing in Congress
Wednesday.

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NOKIA, INTEL BEEF UP NEW NETWORK SECURITY APPLIANCE

Nokia added a new appliance to its network security range that
has more processing muscle -- the first product to come out of its
collaboration with Intel.

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FORRESTER SECURITY SHOW STRESSES RISK MANAGEMENT

Enterprise security decision makers have long been more likely to be
swayed by flashy new technologies than by the notion of comprehensive IT
restructuring to protect data and other corporate assets, but the
situation is evolving rapidly, according to experts participating in
Forrester Research's ongoing Security Forum.

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MALICIOUS WEB: NOT JUST PORN SITES

The New Zealand Honeynet Project, which produced Capture-HPC (mentioned
here last week), also produced an excellent white paper about using
Capture-HPC to identify malicious Web servers. On the group's Web site,
you'll find that paper, the captured data, and the tools for anyone to
inspect and replicate.

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HACKS HIT EMBASSY, GOVERNMENT E-MAIL ACCOUNTS WORLDWIDE

Usernames and passwords for more than 100 e-mail accounts at embassies
and governments worldwide have been posted online. Using the
information, anyone can access the accounts that have been compromised.

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